A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.

See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.

The whole world says that my Way is great like nothing else. It is great because it is like nothing else. If it were like everything else, it would long ago have become insignificant.

Those who are content suffer no disgrace.

When much virtue is achieved, nothing is not overcome.

When taxes are too high, people go hungry.

With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.